Wing for flying-machines.



No. 881,836. w

PATENTED MAR. '10, 1908. B. E. WARNER. I WING FOR FLYING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1907.

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' WIT messes EVERETT E. WARNER, or HARTFORD, oo nEcrIoUT.

I WIN'G FOR'FLYINGPMAGHINES:

Application-tiled 111116.22,- ism; semi No. s'aaeab.

I Specification otLetteraIlatent' lEatentedMaich 1.0, 1.908.

To all whom ifmay concern:

Be it known that LEvnnnr'r E. Wannnn,

citizenfof the,United States,-resid1ng at tivelyto the construction'could is set up.

Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in a Wing for Flyin -Machines, of which the following is a spec' cation.

The object of my invention'is to provide a device of the class specified which has features of novelty and advantage.

Figure 1 is a plain view of my wing. Fig. 2

is a cross section on line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

chine. I The frame-work of "the machine would necessarily be of. very light material preferably. of aluminium tubm Any size andv form of be used, the one in the being merely to show how the wing In an actual machine the frame work would be much lighter and smaller relawings than that shown in this figure. k 1

Referrin to the drawing: A is the frame of a wing w ich is adapted to be arranged on both sides of a flying-machine. There may be a multiplicity of these wings on either side of the machine provided they balance one another. Through the center of said frame and runnin longitudinally with the machine is an axis ably secured to the machine proper by the braces C so that the win isi'ree to oscillate.

.I refer that the osci lation on the axis B shal not exceed 90 degrees. That is, that while the outside of the frame sweeps down 90 degrees, the inside'sweeps up 90 degrees correspondingly. Conse uently, both the outside and t e inside of t e wing oscillate 45 degrees above and below the horizontal plane. The oscillation itself is provided by any well known means suchas gearings connected to some power device.

Transversely arranged on the frameA and connected with axis B are wires DD arranged in pairs. Secured to each pair of'wires and ext-ending backward underneath the next pair of wlres, are flaps F Fmade of suitable is perspestive view of the'wings on a madrawing being that'when placed, one or more,

of the wing. This axis 1s su1tlight flexible material. Feathers might be used'for flaps.

-When the air" ressure is from below, that pressure closes t e fla s; so that we have a at surface resisting t e air. When the air pressure is from above, that pressure opens the flaps. and sends the machine ahead. As"

a means for preventing the flaps from rising above the plane of the wing when the air pres- "irom below I prefer to use thetranssure '18 verse wires. The flaps on the outside of the axis-are separate from those on the inside of the axis because when the wing oscillates the flaps on each side alternate in opening according to the air pressure When the pressure is from above, the flaps open art way, prevented fromopening to t e fu'll extent by the fact that each flap is fastened at its front end to a pair (El-133111313 as the air forces its way downward t ough these openings, the flaps act as a series, of cams and the air striking them on the-slant forces. the machine ahea The advantage" of a wingof this kind is of the machine, they give it steadiness, raise it and drive it forward without the aid of an balloon or other means of raising or-prope lin the same. i i he chief essential in a flying-machine is lightness and this is secured by theelimination of all ther-means of propellin and also by the fact that by merely osc' ating instead of revolving, the flaps open and [close automatically thus being fr e from the necessity of having some heavy mechanism such a'swould be used to re late the'opening and clos' of the flaps i the -wings revo ved Also the machinery should'fail to work,

, theflaps-would close automatically thus preventing a rapid fall. By oscillating mywin ,the outside. resses down, makes a flat su ace a inst t e air, and raises themachine; w 'e correspondof wires. Conse on each sideingly the inside of mywing rises and the downward air pressurelfor'ces the machine aheade When the wing oscillates back, the

flaps on the-insideforce the'machine up,

whilethose on the outside force it-ahead.

Claims. chine, pairs of transverse wires secured 1o 10 1. In a flyingemachine, a Wing ada ted to said axis, and flaps secured at their front ends oscillate on an axis longitudinal with t e mato each pair of said Wires. chine, transverse Wires secured to said axis, I In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 and flaps secured at their front ends to said in presence of two Witnesses.

transverse wires in separate series on each I EVERETT E. WARN Ell. I side of said axis: Witnesses:

2. In a flying-machine, a wing ada ted to JOHN W. 'JGY, oscillate on an axis longitudinal with t e ma-' GEO. B. WARD. 

